I call people fucking cunts on 3 platforms. Here's what I've seen.
1. Mumsnet. Lots of engagement on posts where I call JK Rowling a fucking cunt. Banned.
2. LinkedIn. More consistent engagement with me calling Elon Musk a fucking cunt being most viral. Banned.
3. Mastodon. I once did a post where I called JK Rowling and Elon Musk a pair of fucking cunts and John Mastodon sent me a nice hamper.
@LeelaTorres The use in the US is misogynistic, being used essentially solely for women, but this is not the usage in the rest of the English speaking world.
It is used, like words for male body parts and often interchangeably, because they are historically taboo and also because it is a pleasing-sounding insult, sharp at both ends.
@LeelaTorres @Nickiquote "ass" isn't remotely sharp, is a different word to "arse", both of those occupy different niches already, and there are already enough forces americanising everything as it is
also, "cunt" upsets the middle class, which is a more important social good than ever
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